Undertow (Drenge album)

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Undertow
Drenge-Undertow-art.jpg
Studio album by
Drenge
Released6 April 2015
Recorded2014, McCall Sound Studios
Genre
Label Infectious
Producer Ross Orton
Drenge chronology
Drenge
(2013)		Undertow
(2015)		 Autonomy
(2018)
Singles from Undertow
  1. "We Can Do What We Want"
    Released: 24 February 2015 [1]
  2. "Never Awake"
    Released: 2 March 2015 [2]
  3. "Favourite Son"
    Released: 25 March 2015 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 9/10 [9]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg} [4]
Uncut 7/10 [4]

Undertow is the second album by Drenge released on 6 April 2015. Their first release since expanding to a three-piece with the addition of bassist Rob Graham, who played on three tracks, the album was produced by Ross Orton and recorded at McCall Sound Studios in late 2014. [12] [13]

Contents

The album was announced on 27 January 2015 and the band performed a track from it on The Late Show with David Letterman the same day, their first appearance on American television. [12] [14] [15]

The album's release was followed by a UK tour in April 2015. [12]

The first single to be taken from the album, "We Can Do What We Want", was released in January 2015. [16]

Critical response

Drenge's second record was well received by critics. DIY Magazine awarded the album a perfect score calling Drenge "a band finding their feet before taking to the skies." The continued: "The brilliance of ‘Undertow’ is in knowing just how much more Drenge can achieve." [17] The Guardian described Undertow as "the sound of a band who’ve found their murky flow" and "an album that will pull you under." [18] The NME said the album marks Drenge as the "UK’s most brilliantly disorderly band." [19] The Line of Best Fit declared: "Drenge make a bloodied mess of the idea 'second album syndrome.'" They continued: "Their second album continues the work of the first, a yardstick for the heavy guitar sound, and is in its own way as hard hitting, visceral and effortlessly brilliant." They awarded the album a score of 8.5. [20]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
NME NME'S Albums of the Year 20152015
38 [21]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Introduction"1:12
2."Running Wild"3:45
3."Never Awake"3:32
4."We Can Do What We Want"2:56
5."Favourite Son"2:27
6."The Snake"4:00
7."Side By Side"3:35
8."The Woods"3:33
9."Undertow"2:41
10."Standing in the Cold"5:36
11."Have You Forgotten My Name?"4:23

Personnel

Drenge

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 196
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 14

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